Authorities are still investigating what started a fire at a Lynchburg College storage building that caused more than $130,000 in damage.

This week, hundreds of volunteers will fan out and dig in to help improve area waterways. Blackwater Creek is the target of this year’s Extreme Stream Makeover, a project sponsored by the James River Association.

Lynchburg College has selected the Capps Shoe Company building on Monticello Avenue as the future home of its first doctoral program, according to a presentation made to the city planning commission Wednesday.

Five Central Virginia colleges are sponsoring a free how-to workshop on the college application process Saturday at the Florence Elston Inn & Conference Center on Sweet Briar College’s campus.

Students who come down with swine flu at Liberty University have the option of recuperating in a room at the cushiest student dormitory on campus: the Lynchburg Inn, a former hotel turned dormitory to alleviate the school’s housing crunch.

Breaking up, Neil Sedaka once told us in song, is hard to do. But not for the Lynchburg-based Blue Newt Band. In their case, breaking up was easier than finding a new lead guitar player.

Among area remembrances of the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedies planned for Friday, a former New York City firefighter is set to address an Appomattox gathering about his experience responding to the World Trade Center attacks.

Lynchburg Area Museum Professionals will hold a Volunteer Information Fair from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, 1 Quinlan St.

There’s a chance that anyone who has ever played soccer in the Lynchburg area did so because of Bill Shellenberger.

With donations down and demand for meals increasing, a local soup kitchen is going beyond its typical fundraising methods by organizing a piano concert.

Around the area, college students are moving into their dormitories, some meeting their roomates for the first time. Following is a list of local college move-in dates.

Lynchburg College and the greater local community today will celebrate the life of a man remembered for his peaceful nature and efforts to preserve a natural sanctuary for education.

Overcast skies and a breeze kept things cool for graduates and attendees at Lynchburg College’s 106th commencement Saturday.

The Lynchburg College softball team stayed alive in the NCAA Division III tournament Friday afternoon, and Liberty managed to do the same in the Big South tournament despite a heartbreaking loss to Radford.

LC, the top seed in the Salisbury (Md.) region, lost to Bridgewater 2-1 in the first game Friday in the NCAA Division III tournament, but it came back with a 1-0 win over Christopher Newport later in the day to avoid elimination.

Paybacks are painful, as Lynchburg College’s men’s lacrosse team experienced first-hand Wednesday night at home.